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Who'da thunk that LizII's death would be this polarising? I swear I've seen more unfriendings today on social media than in the days after the US 2016 election.
There's a room for a range of feelings on the matter: we can hold multitudes. Not that social media recognises that.
There's a room for a range of feelings on the matter: we can hold multitudes. Not that social media recognises that.
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(My nasty personal theory is that the anger increases in general proportion to the person's awareness of colonial history rather than seeing her as a Sanitized Symbol, and there's a lot of Americans doing tut-tutting virtue-signalling over same BUT ANYWAY.) (My dad said once "There is nothing people will fight over more than symbols" and I think he's right.)
"God Save the King" sounds so wrong! King's Counsel sounds wrong. His Majesty's Royal Army or whatever sounds wrong. Even to Americans.